Posttraumatic stress disorder following asthma attack (post-asthma attack PTSD) and psychiatric co-morbidity: The impact of alexithymia and coping

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 197, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 246-252

  Chung, Man Cheung ^a   Rudd, Hannah ^b   Wall, Natalie ^b  

^a ZAYED UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alexithymia; Asthma attack; Coping; Posttraumatic stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALEXITHYMIA; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENERAL HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL DISABILITY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; ASTHMA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 84865077429     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: 18727123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2012.01.008     Document Type: Article

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